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| | Classical Persian Music |
 | | This 'claiming of ownership' has in actuality been taken to extremes - of three of the period's major figures (al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, & Safi al-DIn) scholars from Persia, Arabia, Turkey, & even Russia have claimed ownership on the basis of birthplace, genetics, residence, & language of their works. |
 | | As an example, the historian Henry G Farmer lists 28 music theorists between the 8th & the 12th centuries, claiming that these are only the 'most important' (how many such 'important' theorists could be claimed for the Western European era & musical culture ?), & this list misses out writers such as biographers. |
 | | Nevertheless, it persisted, & indeed important changes were made, such as the final organisation into the present system of 12 dastgah-e during the Qajar dynasty (1785 - 1925). |
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